Of the 2024 Republican candidates who did decide to show up this year, several received very rough receptions.
Donald Trump
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Maine Voices: How to avert another four years of President Donald Trump
The only certain path to keeping Trump out of the White House – and the scary scenarios that could ensue – rests, yes, with voters.
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Fundraising takeaways: Trump and DeSantis in their own tier as Pence and other Republicans struggle
Overall, the 2024 presidential class’s second-quarter filings with the Federal Election Commission, covering the period between April 1 and June 30, leave unanswered several questions.
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Trump reveals new details about $1 billion in earnings in revised filing
The new filing contains an array of updates that offer further insight into Trump’s finances and his complex domestic and international business interests.
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Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness at Jan. 6 hearings, has a book deal
‘She risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington and some of the most consequential events in recent American history,’ her publisher said.
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Lebanon man sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol
Kyle Fitzsimons was found guilty of 11 charges in September. He was one of hundreds of people who stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Trump lashes out after Justice Department no longer says presidency shields him from defamation suit
On Tuesday, the department said it no longer believes the former president can claim his comments about E. Jean Carroll are protected from liability.
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Another Clarence Thomas ethics story – and this one involves a Maine lawyer
Patrick Strawbridge of North Yarmouth sent money to Thomas’ aide in connection to a 2019 Christmas party just months before he argued Donald Trump’s tax return case before the Supreme Court, according to The Guardian newspaper.
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Judge orders former Trump aide Bannon to pay lawyers nearly $500,000
The former president pardoned him from federal charges, but the influential adviser faces ongoing legal troubles.
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Trump asks judge to postpone trial without setting a date in classified documents case
The Justice Department had previously proposed to set a Dec. 11 date on Trump’s criminal trial. He is accused of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate.